Design
When reputation leads
X-Yachts announces the latest model in its Xc series of blue water cruising boats with bold claims and some new design features
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ew brands in the boat industry are as respected as Denmark’s X-Yachts. It was founded 43 years ago by three passionate sailors and all through the 1980s
various models built on the revolutionary Niels Jeppesen design won one world championship after another. Later, focus shifted to high-end performance cruisers, based on the Scandinavian tradition of craftsmanship. Through the years X-Yachts has become famous for attention to detail and a drive for innovation and high build quality. Reducing production cost has never been the main priority. If you ask the often very dedicated X owners, they will tell you that X-Yachts simply know how to make a boat that works. Not only in harbours, but in real offshore conditions. It doesn’t happen every day that a new
model appears from the yard in Haderslev. But right now, something is cooking. The
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next yacht is well under way and it’s called the Xc 47. The launch will happen at Boot in Düsseldorf in January, and will mark the beginning of a new generation of the X cruising segment. When asked to comment, CEO at X-Yachts, Kræn Brinck Nielsen, simply puts it this way: ‘It’s probably the best yacht we ever built’. Those are big words
so let’s dive into what’s behind the statement: The first Xc model was launched in 2008, marking a major shift away from X Yachts’ racing roots, towards the market for luxury cruising yachts. Since then more than 300 yachts have been built. The range has been developing through the years and is presently going through a process of reinvention. ‘The concept behind the Xc 47 is built on years of experience with the X cruising
‘The end result is a boat that is really ocean proof’
line’, says Thomas Mielec, director of design and engineering at X-Yachts, ‘but at the same time we wanted to accommodate the growing number of sailors that are looking for a true blue water cruiser. The 47 is an elegant high-performance cruiser, built for safe and comfortable ocean sailing. And it’s a yacht seriously designed to make short-handed sailing safe and easy. A lot of our customers share a dream of taking off on a long
cruise – often around the world. With this yacht, they will be ready to do it whenever the opportunity arises.”
Shorthanded with ease and style Most sailing today – even blue water cruising – happens with a small crew, usually just a couple. The development process of the new Xc 47 has had this in
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